Nika Feldman

Biography
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Education
2023
MFA Institute of American Indian Arts, Studio Arts: Integrated Practice

2021
BA Institute of American Indian Arts, Major: Indigenous Liberal Studies, Minor: Community Wellness

2009-2007
Kyoto City University of the Arts, Research Fellow, Textiles Graduate Division

2007
Kyoto University, Japanese Language Intensive

2002
BFA Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Major: Interdisciplinary, Minor: Art History

Solo Exhibitions
2019
SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM

2017
SHADOW SOUL SILHOUETTES, Waring Downtown, Beverly, MA

2009
SORO SORO BORO BORO, Sheep’s Public Gallery, Kyoto City, Japan
HOMAGE, Honen-in, Kyoto City, Japan

2008
MEDITATION, Ishida Taiseisha Hall, Kyoto City, Japan

2004
RECYCLED PRAYERS, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE RAG TRADE, Hooker Dunham Gallery, Brattleboro, VT
OUR SKINS, The Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer, AB

2003
WINDOW WORKS, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

2002
FLORALIST, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Group Exhibitions
2026
The Art of ReUse, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2025
JOINT FACULTY EXHIBIT, SFCC Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2024
ART & ACTIVISM, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
UFO, Phil Space Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SELFHOOD, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2023
REGALOS, Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
BEYOND MASTERY, Container/Coe Center, Santa Fe, NM

2022
FINDING THE CENTER, Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
HERSTORY PRINT COLLECTIVE, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2020
LIVE WIRE: MATERIALS OF A REVOLUTION, Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
FEMINIST ART IN THE TRUMP ERA, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2019
MID-CENTURY SANTA FE, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM

2016
TEES & TABS, Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS

2012
THE NEW WAVE, Flatrocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA

2011
THE TRAVELLING RAG ROBES OF ASIA, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE, Hampden Galleries, Amherst, MA

2010
QUILTS FROM THE BEGGARS’ CAMP, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE
THE TRAVELLING RAG ROBES OF ASIA, Toyama Gallery, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

2009
ECHO TOUR March, Kyoto City Prefectural Building, Kyoto, Japan
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS MASTERS’ EXHIBITION, Kyoto City Museum of the Arts
ANNIE E. BROWN, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS FOREIGN STUDENT EXHIBITION, Kyoto Art Center, Japan
SHEEP’S GRAND OPENING, Sheep’s Public Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

2008
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS MASTERS’ EXHIBITION, Kyoto City Museum of the Arts
ART EXCHANGE SHOW, Art Forum JARFO, Kyoto City, Japan
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS FOREIGN STUDENT EXHIBITION, Kyoto Art Center, Japan

2007
TRASHFORMATIONS, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH

2006
TRASHFORMATIONS, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

2005
BITS PIECES AND PARTS, John Steinberg & Associates, Toronto, ON
AWARD WINNERS, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
TRASHFORMATIONS, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
FIBERWORKS, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON

2004
APRON TALES, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON
SHADOW BOXES, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
SAME TIME SAME PLACE, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON
FIBERWORKS, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON

2003
VISIONS AND VOICES, Hooker Dunham Gallery, Brattleboro, VT
MEMBERS’ SHOW, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA

2002
IF IMAGES SPEAK 1000 WORDS, Roundhouse CC, Vancouver, BC

2001
ANONYMOUS WOMAN, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS FOREIGN STUDENT EXHIBITION, Kyoto Art Center, Japan
FOR ALL TO SEE, The Exhibition Room, Halifax, NS
NSCAD PRINTS, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
ARTRAGEOUS MASQUERADE, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

Awards
2016 Arts Nova Scotia, Professional Development Grant
2015 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Creation Grant
2011 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Research Grant
2006 Monbukagakusho: MEXT, Japanese Government Research Fellowship
2005 Ontario Craft Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
2005 Ontario Arts Council, Project Research Grant
2004 David H. Kaye Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2004 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Creation Grant
2003 Craft Studio Residency & Merit Scholarship, Harbourfront Centre
2003 Vermont Arts Council, Project Opportunity Grant
2003 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Creation Grant

Press
2023 Hyperallergic, “An Indigenous MFA Program Moves Beyond ‘Mastery’,” Joelle Mendoza.
2022 Craft Shaping Society: Educating in the Crafts – The Global Experience Book One, “Magic Stitch,” Susie Vickery.
2021 Stitching Stolen Lives: The Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project, Sara Trail and Teresa Duryea Wong.
2020 Albuquerque Journal, “We Became the Furies,” Kathleen Roberts.
2020 Maine Arts Journal, “Feminist Art in the Trump Era,” Lucy Lippard.
2019 Albuquerque Journal, “Spirits in the Material World,” Megan Bennett.
2017 Cape Breton Post, “Meet the Artist: Nika Feldman,” Staff Writer.
2016 American Craft, “Road Warrior,” Deborah Bishop.
2004 Fiber Arts Design Book 7, edited by Susan Mowery Kieffer.

Press Release
2026 The Art of ReUse at Richard Levy Gallery